That’s right: the Ultima Codex now has a (roughly weekly) podcast!

As mentioned in this inaugural broadcast, one of the main drivers for the creation of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is that, as a result of various “real life” factors, I just don’t have the time I once did to post all the interesting news and commentary that I would like to. I’ve also been listening to a number of different podcasts myself on my morning and afternoon commutes — I find they help keep me awake more than listening to music does. And so, perhaps taking some inspiration from that, I came to the decision a few weeks back to launch a podcast here on the Codex.

Spam Spam Spam Humbug (if you’re wondering where that title comes from, you need to play Ultima 6 some more), then, will hopefully give me the chance to do a round-up of the little bits of news and commentary that I no longer have time for. As well, per a suggestion from Chlorthos Dragon, there will be an occasional side feature of the podcast entitled Name Job Bye…each episode of which will feature a special guest, and which will kind of take the form of a mini-interview.

As well, I’d be open to making Spam Spam Spam Humbug a collaborative effort, built more upon a round-table discussion format. If you’d be interested — and if you anticipate having free and clear Tuesday evenings for the foreseeable future — then either drop a comment here or shoot me a message. If there does turn out to be some interest in doing this, I’ll start posting weekly topics in the forum wherein we can plan out the next episode.

And I’ll be posting show notes with each episode…with links to everything that gets discussed in each podcast.

Right, then: the first episode can be found right here. And hopefully I’ll have it submitted to iTunes by the day’s end.